Sunday 12th January, 2025 - St Jude's United Church

Sunday 12th January, 2025 - St Jude's United Church
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
Isaiah 43:1-7, Psalm 29, Acts 8:14-17 and Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
CP 84 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Reginald Heber 1783-1826, first tune, Epiphany, J.F. Thrupp 1827-67)
CP 93 When Jesus came to Jordan (F. Pratt Green 1905-2000, tune Offertorium, Michael Haydn 1737-1806, adapted)
CP 303 Hands that have been handling (Adam Fox 1883-1971 after Liturgy of Malabar, second tune, North Coates, T.R. Matthews 1826-1910)
CP 89 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (J.S.B. Monsell 1811-75, tune Was lebet, Rheinhardt MS 1754)
Closing voluntary: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (Christ, our Lord, came to the Jordan), BWV 684, by J.S. Bach
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CP 84 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Words - Reginald Heber (1783-1826)
Music - First Tune: Epiphany, J. F. Thrupp (1827-1867)
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant redeemer is laid.
Cold on his cradle, the dew-drops are shining;
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.
Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odours of Edom and offerings divine,
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gifts would his favour secure:
Richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant redeemer is laid.
CP 93 When Jesus came to Jordan
Words F. Pratt Green (1903 -2000)
Tune: Offertorium, Michael Haydn 1737-1806, adapted)
When Jesus came to Jordan
To be baptized by John,
He did not come for pardon,
But as his Father's Son.
He came to share repentance
With all who mourn their sins,
To speak the vital sentence
With which good news begins.
He came to share temptation,
Our utmost woe and loss,
For us and our salvation
To die upon the cross.
So when the Dove descended
On him, the Son of Man,
The hidden years had ended,
The age of grace began.
Come, Holy Spirit, aid us
To keep the vows we make,
This very day invade us,
And every bondage break.
Come, give our lives direction,
The gift we covet most:
To share the resurrection
That leads to Pentecost.
CP 303 Hands that have been handling (Adam Fox 1883-1971 after Liturgy of Malabar.
Tune: second tune, North Coates, T.R. Matthews 1826-1910)
Hands that have been handling,
Holy things and high,
Still, Lord, in thy service
Bless and fortify.
Ears which heard the message
Of the words of life,
Keep them closed and guarded
From the noise of strife.
Eyes whose contemplation
Looked upon thy love,
Let them gaze expectant
On the world above.
“Holy”, “Holy”, “Holy,”
Thee our lips confessed:
On those lips forever
Let no falsehood rest.
Feet which trod the pavement
Round about God’s board,
Let them walk in glory
Where God’s light is poured.
Bodies that have tasted
Of the living bread,
Be they re-created
In their living head.
Be we all one body,
All our members one,
Measured by the stature
Of God’s full-grown Son.
CP 89 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
Words - J. S. B. Monsell (1811-1875)
Music -Was Lebet from Rheinhardt (1754)
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
with gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
kneel and adore him: the Lord is his Name!
Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness,
high on his heart he will bear it for thee,
comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness,
guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.
Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness
of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine;
truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,
these are the offerings to lay on his shrine.
These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
he will accept for the Name that is dear;
mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
with gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
kneel and adore him: the Lord is his Name!
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